Saturday, May 26, 2012

"Did the State Department just create 5 million Palestinian refugees?":

"UPDATE: A State Department official confirms that yes, the descendants
of refugees are still refugees for numerous generations until they
return home or are resettled in a third country. The official also
argued that Nides' reference to UNRWA serving 5 million "refugees" was
also accurate.
"The
number of people on UNRWA's rolls isn't and shouldn't be a secret," the official said. "The
Kirk amendment, based on commentary surrounding it, is meant to set a
stage for the U.S. to intervene now with the determination that 2nd and
3rd generation descendants have no claims and in fact aren't even
Palestinians. Our interest is to avoid that. We are not
predetermining numbers that the parties themselves must ultimately agree
on. Nor can UNWRA.""

World Jewry will be furious. Kirk's stunt backfired big time, and he may have to give back some shekels.

"Did the State Department just create 5 million Palestinian refugees?":

"UPDATE: A State Department official confirms that yes, the descendants
of refugees are still refugees for numerous generations until they
return home or are resettled in a third country. The official also
argued that Nides' reference to UNRWA serving 5 million "refugees" was
also accurate.
"The
number of people on UNRWA's rolls isn't and shouldn't be a secret," the official said. "The
Kirk amendment, based on commentary surrounding it, is meant to set a
stage for the U.S. to intervene now with the determination that 2nd and
3rd generation descendants have no claims and in fact aren't even
Palestinians. Our interest is to avoid that. We are not
predetermining numbers that the parties themselves must ultimately agree
on. Nor can UNWRA.""

World Jewry will be furious. Kirk's stunt backfired big time, and he may have to give back some shekels.